February 2012
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6 Pathetic Right-Wing Attempts to Defend the... →
McFly's Hoverboard Is Now a Reality? [VIDEO] →
[brightcove video=”1469867730001” /] What do you do when you want Marty McFly’s hoverboard from Back to the Future so badly you can almost feel yourself floating around on it? You do what French artist Nils Guadagnin did: build one yourself. As you can see in the video above, Guadagnin cre…
This Tool Perfectly Crops Your Cover Photo for... →
The panoramic photo that now graces the top of every Facebook profile is pretty, but it’s a far cry from practical. Most cameras don’t take photos that fit into it. Photo startup Aviary announced on Thursday that it would address this problem with a crop tool designed specifically for …
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The Rendell Inquirer? The Future of Newspapers,...
The Rendell Inquirer? The specter of the instrumentalization of American news media
Around the world, Roskilde University’s Rasmus Kleis Nielsen argues, it’s common for newspapers to be viewed as the political tools of their owners. A sale of The Philadelphia Inquirer might be a sign that a similar model is on the march in the United States.
By Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
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What I Really Do: The Best Examples of the... →
The “What People Think I Do/What I Really Do” meme has overtaken the “Sh*t People Say” meme to become the latest sharing fad. We have found a selection of “What I Really Do” montages that made us smile. From writers to designers to social media managers, there are a whole range of professions…
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The FJP: Patch: 863 Sites, 12 Profitable →
futurejournalismproject:
AOL’s hyperlocal network Patch is struggling.
Via Fortune:
It was supposed to be a savior. AOL’s hyperlocal news venture Patch was created to fill the void left by the death of local newspapers around the country. Finding a dearth of online news in his Riverside, Connecticut hometown, Tim…
The Unholy Alliance of Big Energy, Big University,... →
Forest Service rules would weaken protection →
Why are they giving our public land up to these scum suckers?
DEP Fines Chesapeake Appalachia $565,000 for... →
Is This the Funniest YouTube Video? →
Can humor be quantified? Google thinks it’s possible, having recently developed an algorithm which ranks the funniest videos on YouTube. It takes into account certain elements of the video, user comments and votes on the recently launched YouTube Comedy Slam section of the site. Google engine…
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West Chester Borough Manager's Report 2012
MEMORANDUM
TO: Borough Council
Mayor Comitta
FROM: Ernie B. McNeely, Borough Manager
DATE: January 6, 2012
CC: Department Heads
RE: Manager’s Report
1. Accomplishments 2011
It is common at this point in the new year to look back at accomplishments in the prior year and then look forward to objectives for the new year. The following are items completed or accomplished in 2011:
Completed...
What’s On My Food? :: Pesticides On Food →
As long as the corporate elite are making money here and my food looks like food, why should I care?
Patch plans to reduce staff and change its... →
daniscalifornia:
Of course, every comment on this page is a journo-snob complaining about how this disgraces journalism. I don’t know what is wrong with a hyperlocal site that features local eateries. Just don’t call it hyperlocal news — call it regional lifestyle content. That’s all.
AOL hires chief content officer for troubled Patch... →
stoweboyd:
AOL hires Rachel Fishman Feddersen as Chief Content Officer for failing Patch, whihc was acquires for $150M, and which is estimated to have lost $150M more:
Peter Lauria via Reuters
AOL Inc, which has been investing heavily in content to make up for declining revenue from dial-up Internet access, has hired an executive for the newly created position of chief content...
Turbulent change coming to AOL's Patch hyperlocal...
mediabytes:
That’s what NYU’s Jay Rosen hears:
What I heard about Patch: Freelance budgets mostly gone. Editors told to move to the HuffPost model. More re-purposing of news across sites.
— Jay Rosen(@jayrosen_nyu) February 2, 2012
Public Utility, Private Profit: Privatization of... →
Things go worse with Coke.
Are we becoming a police state? Five things that... →
The Church of State.
42 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed →
Take a break from planning the perfect Valentine’s Day (or planning an enjoyable Tuesday nonetheless) and catch up on the valuable digital resources we’ve covered with our weekly roundup of Mashable features. This week we have the most romantic Pinterest boards, ways that social media can …
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Monsanto employees in the halls of government... →
Corruption, merchants of Death.
Ahmadinejad to make major nuclear annoucement -... →
Brazil's police strike spreads to Rio - Americas -... →
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Education Gap Grows Between Rich and Poor, Studies... →
The widening achievement gap between affluent and low-income students has received less attention than the divide between white and black students, which has narrowed significantly.
Homeland Security monitors journalists — RT →
The Community Environmental Legal Defense... →
These guys do it right.
Google Chrome Update Brings Faster Browsing →
The new stable release of Google’s web browser Chrome brings several improvements, most importantly faster browsing and more protection from malicious downloads. From now on, when you start typing in Chrome’s address box (or omnibox, as Google calls it), as soon as Chrome autocompletes the UR…
